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There were two major complaints which lead to Rand Paul’s opposition to the most recent bipartisan spending spree. Process and ideology. Process Appropriate appropriation bills, done through regular order, are mandated to be done through 12 separate bills needing to go through both houses and signed by the President by the start of the federal…
Campus Reform journalist Cabot Phillips recently performed an interesting experiment. He visited John Jay College in New York City to get student reactions to President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address. But instead of reading lines from Trump’s speech, he selected a handful of quotes from Barack Obama’s State of the Union: “We…
by Thomas Phippen Actress and celebrity Bette Midler joked on Twitter Thursday evening that Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul’s neighbor should stop him from forcing a government shutdown. https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/961800320014737408 The tweet apparently references a September incident where Paul’s neighbor attacked the senator in the yard of his Bowling Green home. Paul suffered five broken ribs…
by Amber Randall A Mississippi state lawmaker pulled out a gun on the state’s House floor to make a point Thursday during a debate on a gun bill. Democratic Rep. Charles Young took out an unloaded pistol and held it over his head, reports WAPT. Young said he pulled out the pistol because he wanted further explanation…
Gabrielle Okun Two moms filed a police report after a daycare allegedly waxed their children’s eyebrows, according to a report Wednesday. The Washington State Department of Early Learning is investigating the daycare in Pasco, Wash., after two moms filed a report Monday that their children’s eyebrows were allegedly waxed to remove their unibrows, reported the New York…
Gabrielle Okun A naked plane passenger locked himself in a bathroom and forced a Wednesday morning Alaska Airlines flight bound for Seattle to turn around and land in Anchorage. Passengers were in for a surprise when their early morning flight was forced to turn around after a naked passenger refused to come out of the…
by Chris White People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) euthanized nearly 2,000 adoptable dogs and cats last year, according to a public report the organization filed earlier this month. PETA’s animal shelter killed 1,809 pets last year at its headquarters in Norfolk, Va., according to report given to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS). The animal…
Grace Carr A pro-life display at a Catholic university in Kentucky was vandalized Monday in a display of intolerance that has been seen at colleges across the country. The Catholic Students Association at Bellarmine University in Louisville, K.Y., put up 50 blue and pink crosses as well as several signs to express their support of…
Follow on Facebook or Twitter Missouri Attorney General and Senate Candidate Josh Hawley came under extreme criticism for embarrassing and unfounded comments about Human Trafficking, a cause he claims to champion. On the last day of January which concluded Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Hawley tweeted out to reflect on it. https://twitter.com/AGJoshHawley/status/958737179668336640 On the same…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Nick Givas Another drug epidemic is set to hit the United States, but has been overshadowed by the opioid crisis. Anti-anxiety medications, or benzodiazepines, have been increasingly prescribed by physicians for decades and the damage is finally starting to show. “Opioids tend to grab the front page headlines, but all…